PGDM

Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship, Bangalore (Also known as: XIME Bangalore)

Two Year Post Graduate Diploma in Management

• A flagship program of XIME.
• AICTE approved the two-year, full-time, residential program.
• The annual intake of 180 students at Bangalore, 120 students in Kochi and 120 students in Chennai.
• Trimester system followed
• Foundation courses in management covered in the first year.
• Electives, core courses, environmental and integrative courses covered in the second year.
• SUPA - Socially Useful and Productive Activity is a mandatory Internship to help students understand management Issues of NGOs and provides excellent exposure for an appreciation of social issues.
• Winter Internship program at Audencia, France, and GDUFS, China.
• Opportunity to do a summer internship at the renowned Nagoya University, Japan.
• International Study Tour.

Highlights of the Curriculum

• Contemporary Curriculum - Curriculum is reviewed and updated every two to three years in consultation with industry leaders, alumni, students and faculty.
• Enables in developing a global outlook and promotes the spirit of Entrepreneurship.
• Inculcates human values and societal orientation.
• Develop soft skills like leadership, interpersonal skills and written and oral communication skills.
• Compulsory exposure to a foreign language (among German, French, Spanish, and Chinese).
• On the Job' training through a corporate internship.
• Unique opportunity to engage in live projects while studying.

Focus Areas

• Develop the students’ analytical, problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.
• Inculcate a positive and ethical outlook in the students.
• Strengthen the students’ communication skills.
• Emphasize on the holistic development of each individual.
• Develop a global orientation.

Programme Design

The First Year of the course starts with a coverage of Foundation Subjects which impart to the students a sound knowledge of the essential functional areas of business. In the Second Year, the emphasis shifts to elective courses, which are designed to give the students as wide a choice as possible, to specialize in areas of their interest and acquire advanced knowledge and skills. The programme rounds off with a strong emphasis on integrative and value-oriented courses such as Business Policy, Business Ethics and Environmental Issues so as to make the student not only a competent manager but also a socially responsible citizen. Considering the phenomenal growth and importance of the IT industry, current topics related to Big Data, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things are included in the programme.

A summer project spread over eight weeks between the First and Second Years enables the students to put into practice many of the key concepts they will have learnt.